The Workhorse ✴ Hold hard the workhorse as I trial and sweat Hold hard his image whose head held proud I hear the sound of chain and leather and the hoof which treads heavy ✴ ✴ ✴ The mauve and … Continue reading →

BALADIN’S DREAM ~ PART Ⅱ THE STORM ☩ ☩ ☩ Merciless was the sea that sent spray as fine as angel’s breath into the mist Sea-skuas danced, twisting and planing in search of bloodless prey Waves, deep and cavernous as … Continue reading →

Red ♼ flower ☸ ☸ ☸ ☸ ☸ ☸ I cannot say how she came to me, the surprise that took my breath. The laugh, the smile, the younger style of her fragrant heart. Like a real daughter and not a … Continue reading →

The Iraqi Child ⚗ Sometimes I travel deeply into myself as though obsessed I am aware of the danger I find things hidden in the soft folds of flesh as though hiding from the freshness of light and as I … Continue reading →

DEREGULATION ~ DON’T GET ME STARTED I dunno if I am whistling in the damn wind, getting too old, barking up the wrong tree or just taking life too seriously but I am seeing something insidious wherever I go. I … Continue reading →